People & Civilizations
Horace De Vere Cole – Prankster Extraordinaire
Prankster Horace de Vere Cole once hosted a dinner party where all the guests had the word "bottom" in their surnames.
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People & Civilizations
Albert Göring, The Anti-Nazi Brother of Hermann Göring
Knowing that upon his death his pension would go to his wife, Albert Göring married his housekeeper one week before he died.
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Transportation
The Story of Boaty McBoatface – The British Research Vessel
The inspiration for the name of the British boat "Boaty McBoatFace", was derived from an owl who was named Hooty McOwlface.
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Film & TV
5 Impressively Realistic Movies About Space
For a Sci-Fi movie about wormholes & black holes, how accurate is Interstellar? Well, the answer is simple: insanely accurate.
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War & Weapons
The Great Australian Emu War of 1932
Australia's national bird, the emu can run up to 30 miles per hour. This caused issues when the Great Emu War was in full swing.
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Art & Design
The World’s Teeniest Tiny Sculptures
Artist Willard Wigan creates sculptures some as small as a thousandth of an inch using rice grains as his medium.
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Film & TV
30 Facts About Kenny McCormick from South Park
South Park's unintelligible character Kenny McCormick can actually talk Romanian and Spanish fluently.
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Food & Drink
Do Carrots Help You See In The Dark?
During the early stages of WWII, it became common knowledge that carrots help you see in the dark... but is it true or not?
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People & Civilizations
10 Witty Facts About Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill had a doctors note to enable him to drink "unlimited" amounts of alcohol while visiting the USA.
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Film & TV
30 Valiant Facts About Venusaur | Pokémon
Did you know that the Pokémon Venusaur didn’t appear in the anime for the first 43 episodes?
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Film & TV
10 Hotshot Facts About Han Solo
Harrison Ford wasn't a fan of George Lucas' script for the original Star Wars, which led to him improvising a lot of his lines.
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Travel & Tourism
10 Friendly Facts About Amsterdam
Despite the fact that there are only 820,000 people living in Amsterdam, there are 1 million bikes in the city!
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